BLACK INFINITY IS #1!

Good news from Bud's Art Books where word just came out in his recent newsletter that Dead Letter Press' latest issue of BLACK INFINITY is the #1 best seller in his catalog's "Pulps & Fiction" category at the half-way point in 2025.

Plant wrote:

"Looking at the first half of 2025, here are the most popular items--in case any have passed you by. We've broken them into categories which reveal the top 60 or so sellers. As always, we've combined the units sold for hardcovers and softcovers, as well as variant covers, to create one bestselling item.

I’ve added my personal comments to nearly all the items. I find many of these are my own favorites. I try to offer some perspective on why it’s done so well as well as more details." Bud

Editor and publisher Tom English has assembled another super issue with the theme "Survive - Or Die".

Here are the details from the listing in his catalog:

Recommended. Edited by Tom English. New format with a spectacular wrap-around cover! The 11th big volume of the popular retro Science Fiction journal: heavily illustrated with art and movie stills, featuring articles on SF survival films, George Pal’s Conquest of Space, Hammer’s One Million Years B.C., Byron Haskin’s Robinson Crusoe on Mars, plus 7 SF survival classics by Robert Silverberg, Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison, Manly Wade Wellman, and others. Also: Frank Frazetta’s Origin of Thun’da in black and white. Special illustrations by World Fantasy Award-winner Allen Koszowski and more. Very handsome, we love the new cover that is by pioneering dinosaur artist Charles Knight!! Dead Letter Press, 2025. 

I'm proud to be a part of this best-seller that includes my article, "Survival in a Prehistoric World: One Million Years, B.C."

You can purchase a copy of BLACK INFINITY #11 at Bud's site HERE. As of this writing, there's only a limited supply left, so hurry on over!

NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED!

You all have no doubt noticed the banner and side bar on this page promoting the new publication from Dead Letter Press/Rocket Science Books, BLACK INFINITY. After over a year-and-a-half, the science-fiction magazine it has been revived by editor and publisher Tom English. This, the 11th issue is themed "survive--or die" and includes a number of classic sci-fi reprints by notable authors Ray Bradbury, Philip K. Dick, Harlan Ellison and more. In addition, there is a beatifully-reproduced Thun'da strip by Frank Frazetta and coverage of two of Byron Haskin's space-survival films, CONQUEST OF SPACE and ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS. The wrap-around cover is by the legendary dinosaur artist Charles R. Knight.

Tom was kind enough to invite me to write an article on another science-fiction film about survival for this issue. We decided on covering ONE MILLION YEARS B.C., the 1966 Hammer film starring Raquel Welch, John Richardson and featuring the incredible stop-motion animation of Ray Harryhausen. Although I had another article on this topic published earlier this year in PREHISTORIC TIMES, there is enough material about the film that there ended up being just a minimal amount of overlap between the two.

Please support Tom's remarkable efforts in putting out another 146-page tome of great material that will keep you entertained for hours by considering a purchase.

NEW ARTICLE PUBLISHED!

My latest article has been published as the cover story in the newest issue of the revived CASTLE OF FRANKENSTEIN (#40). It's a retrospective of Universal's THE BLACK CAT celebrating its 90th anniversary since it was released in 1934. Running 8,500 words and 14 printed pages, I take a deep dive into one of U's strangest and unsettling horror productions of the 1930's.

If you're interested in supporting Don and Vicki Smeraldi's continuing this classic monster magazine that began with Calvin T. Beck way back in 1962, click on the cover image on the right-hand sidebar of this post.

I also invite you to visit my Author's Page (link on the menu bar) to see what else I've had published recently. It also includes a link to my Amazon Author's Page where you can order copies of NIGHTMARE ABBEY and BLACK INFINITY from there.

You can also click on THE BLACK CAT banner above to access posts about the film on this blog.

Many thanks!

ANOTHER ARTICLE PUBLISHED!

This has been a good year for my writing. Earlier, I had an article on the history of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND published in BLACK INFINITY, and just recently an article in PREHISTORIC TIMES on the 1925 silent film, THE LOST WORLD. Just available on Amazon is the latest issue of NIGHTMARE ABBEY, where you'll see the first installment of my new series, "Fear in Four Colors: The Hideous History of American Horror Comics". Inspired by posts right here at WoM, I'll be covering the gamut of horror comics from the beginning.

My list of published works has been updated behind the "About Me" tab under the WoM title at the top of this page.

Here's a rundown on the contents of NIGHTMARE ABBEY.

• 4th gigantic volume of this critically-acclaimed horror magazine/book.
• Haunted places, tormented souls & the creeping unknown!
• Heavily illustrated with photos and art by Allen Koszowski.
• Paul Finch (Terror Tales series) interviewed by Matt Cowan
• 10 terrifying tales by today's top writers.
• New Ian Rogers' Black Lands novella.
• The History of American Horror Comics (part 1; by John M. Navroth).
• Retro movie review: Val Lewton's The Body Snatcher (with Boris Karloff)
• See what Dear Abbey has been up to!

Support independent publishing and order a copy HERE!

MY NEW ARTICLE

Behind a magnificent cover by acclaimed artist, Allen Koszowski is an article I wrote for the science-fiction themed BLACK INFINITY. Editor and publisher Tom English invited me to write a piece for his special Creature Features issue and the result is a history of FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND magazine. I chronicled the great FM from its humblest beginnings to its last gasp.

The rest of the 200+-page issue is jam packed with articles and fiction, including some essential reprints from the past, such as Ray Bradbury's "The Foghorn", which got made into the THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS with early stop-motion animation work by Ray Harryhausen.

BI is independently published, so won't you spend a few bucks and support Tom's efforts? It's a really nice magazine.

Order a copy HERE.